Geochemical changes across the Proterozoic-Cambrian transition in the Durmala phosphorite mine section, Mussoorie Hills, Garhwal Himalaya, India

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 183-194

  Banerjee, D M ^a   Schidlowski, M ^b   Siebert, F ^b   Brasier, M D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Chemical stratigraphy; Lesser Himalaya; Phosphorites; Precambrian Cambrian transition

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; PHOSPHORITE; PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY;

INDIA, GARHWAL HIMALAYA, MUSSOORIE HILLS;

EID: 0030799241     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00060-6     Document Type: Article

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